The term skyscraper was first used in 1888 to describe 11-story building

To escape the Earth s gravity a rocket need to travel at 7 miles a second

Indians have been involved in 40 % of the start-ups in the Silicon Valley

The only man-made structure visible from space is the Great Wall of China

The highest recorded mileage on a single automobile was 2 1 million miles

In 1913 the Russian Airline became the first to introduce a toilet on board

The Mercedes-Benz motto is Das Beste oder Nichts meaning the best or nothing

The first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova from the USSR in June 1963

Because heat expands the metal the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun

The term Radar is derived from the phrase Radio Acquired Detection And Ranging

The world s longest street is in Canada Toronto s Yonge Street runs 1 190 miles

The Mercedes-Benz motto is Das Beste Oder Nichts which means the best or nothing

The only wood used by famed London cabinet maker Thomas Chippendale was mahogany

Facebook gives the option to download everything one has ever posted in a ZIP file

Communications giant Nokia was founded in 1865 as a wood-pulp mill by Fredrik Idestam